Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Eastwick to Eaton, Charles., 1850-1917.
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.
Eastwick, Edward Backhouse.
Letters, 1850, 1852-1858, 1864-1865, 1874-1877, 1879-1881 and 1883, of Edward Backhouse Eastwick to John Murray III and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-106.
Folio 9. Wrapper, 2 July 1853, for an unknown item, addressed to John Murray III.
Folio 21. Specimen of a page from one of John Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers, showing Route 39 – the Ahr Valley. Possibly sent as an enclosure to letter, 1855, of Edward Backhouse Eastwick to John Murray III, folios 19-20.
Folios 40-41. A copy of a letter, 1859, probably of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan to Edward Backhouse Eastwick.
Folio 62. Copy of a letter, 1878, of Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby to Edward Backhouse Eastwick.
Folio 63. Copy of a letter, 1879, of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, to Edward Backhouse Eastwick.
Eastwood, Reginald Allen.
Letter, 1917, of Reginald Allen Eastwood to John Murray IV. Folio 107.
Eastwood, William Bignall.
Letters, 1889, of William Bignall Eastwood to John Murray III. Folios 108-113.
Eaton, Annie Constance.
Letter, undated, of Annie Constance Eaton, probably to John Murray IV. Folio 114.
Eaton, Charles Ormston.
Letters, 1892, of Charles Ormston Eaton to John Murray IV. Folios 115-117.
Eaton, Charles Robert.
Letter, 1876, of Charles Robert Eaton to John Murray III. Folios 118-119.
Dates
- Creation: 1850-1917.
Creator
- Murray, Alexander Henry Hallam (publisher, London) (1854-1934) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John Samuel (publisher (II)) (1778-1843) (Recipient, Person)
- Eastwick, Edward Backhouse (politician and linguist) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928) (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 119 folios.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1357
Subject
- Eastwood, Reginald Allen, professor of law at Victoria University of Manchester, 1893-1964 (Person)
- Eaton, Charles Ormston, banker, 1827-1907 (Person)
- Eaton, Annie Constance, daughter of Robert, of Bryn-y-mor, Swansea, 1861-1947 (Person)
- Trevelyan, Charles Edward, Sir, 1st Baronet of Wallington (colonial administrator) (1807-1886) (Person)
- Eaton, Charles Robert, tutor, ? 1824-1902 (Person)
- Eastwick, Edward Backhouse (politician and linguist) (Person)
- Eastwood, William Bignall, merchant, ? 1829-1890 (Person)
- Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India and poet, 1831-1891 (Person)
- Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick, Knight, courtier, 1825–1895 (Person)
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